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Congratulations to the previous White Lotus Haiku Competition winners (formerly known as the Zen Garden Haiku Contest)!
The winning haiku are listed below. Also, the top twenty placing haiku are published in issues of the White Lotus magazine. To purchase
copies, click on the White Lotus links below.
| White Lotus 2008 Haiku Winners |
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2nd Place: |
3rd Place: |
bomb attack . . .
scattered strawberries
around the market
Tanya Dikova
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empty beach
my ears feel the pulse
of the wind
Susan Constable
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muggy night
nostalgia radio
signs off . . .
Roland Packer
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| The top twenty placing haiku will be featured in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of White Lotus. |
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| White Lotus 2007 Haiku Winners |
| 1st Place: |
2nd Place: |
3rd Place: |
summer moon
a bottle of wine
breathes all night
Francine Banwarth
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empty fall graveyard
the ping of a hammer
on tent stakes
Jennifer Corpe
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Indian summer—
the old cat shares
her corner of the deck
James Chessing
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| The top twenty placing haiku will be featured in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of White Lotus. |
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| Zen Garden 2006 Haiku Winners |
| 1st Place: |
2nd Place: |
3rd Place: |
mother’s parasol
I unfold the dust
of other summers
Ernest J. Berry
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skid row
a homeless box
turns over
Ernest J. Berry
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bedside
his favorite inkstone
holding the white pill
James Patrick Haynes
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| The top twenty placing haiku are featured in the Spring/Summer 2007 issue of White Lotus. |
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| Zen Garden 2005 Haiku Winners |
| 1st Place: |
2nd Place: |
3rd Place: |
ocean foam—
cold moonlight fades
into blowing sand
Eric Frey
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fallen leaves
the throb
of last night’s words
Chad Lee Robinson
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charred cedars—
how cold the white
of early snow
Ron Moss
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| The top twenty placing haiku are featured in the Spring/Summer 2006 issue of White Lotus. |
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| Zen Garden 2004 Haiku Winners |
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2nd Place: |
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funeral day-
between rain
falling darkness
Ron Moss
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first snow
house sparrows
darken the hedgerow
Ellen Compton
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sunshower
the flowering
of umbrellas
Ernest J. Berry
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| Zen Garden 2003 Haiku Winners |
| 1st Place: |
2nd Place: |
3rd Place: |
carrying moonlight
into the house
white peony
Margaret Chula
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memorial pond
a legless soldier
reflects
Ernest J. Berry
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moonlit nursery
the baby’s hands clutch
at the stars
John Bird
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